Rochdi Rais reports: The Clorox Company and its subsidiary, Clorox Services Co., today filed a $380 million lawsuit in California state court against Cognizant Worldwide Ltd. and its New Jersey affiliate, Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. The complaint alleges that Cognizant enabled a “catastrophic” cyberattack on Clorox’s corporate network in August 2023 by handing over sensitive…
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Cyberattacks Paralyze Major Russian Restaurant Chains
The Moscow Times reports: A wave of coordinated cyberattacks has paralyzed the digital systems of several major Russian restaurant chains and food service providers, the Vedomosti business daily reported. The attacks, which began on July 18, targeted networks run by automation provider iiko and its hosting partner ESTT. Restaurant chains including McDonald’s successor Vkusno i Tochka, coffee chain…
Qantas obtains injunction to prevent hacked data’s release
Adam Thorn reports: Qantas has obtained a court injunction to prevent any person or organisation from publishing the customer information stolen in its recent hack. The airline called the ruling of the NSW Supreme Court an “important next course of action” but also reiterated that there is still “no evidence” that any data had been…
Ransomware attack disrupts Korea’s largest guarantee insurer
Choi Ji-Won reported on Tuesday: Seoul Guarantee Insurance, South Korea’s largest provider of guarantee insurance, has been crippled by a ransomware attack, with its core systems offline for a third straight day. The incident began early Monday, when SGI reported an “abnormal symptom” in its database system. By Tuesday afternoon, a joint investigation by the…
Former U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Hacking and Extortion Scheme Involving Telecommunications Companies
Cameron John Wagenius, 21, a former Army soldier most recently stationed in Texas, pleaded guilty on July 15 to conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort telecommunications companies by threatening to release the stolen data unless ransoms were paid. According to court documents, between April 2023 and Dec. 18, 2024,…
Four people bailed after arrests over cyber attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
PA News Agency reports: Four young people who were arrested for their suspected involvement in the damaging cyber attacks against Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, have been bailed. The arrests on July 10 included a 17-year-old British man from the West Midlands, a 19-year-old Latvian man from the West Midlands, a 19-year-old British…